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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4249 

To provide an increased Federal capability for civil investigations and litigation, regarding alleged police, prosecutorial, or judicial misconduct, under 

section 210401 the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 

of 1994, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 15, 2015 

Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide an increased Federal capability for civil investigations and litigation, regarding alleged police, prosecutorial, or judicial misconduct, under section 210401 the 

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 

1994, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Police Agency Inves5 tigation Improvement Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCREASED FEDERAL CAPABILITY FOR CIVIL IN2 VESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION, REGARDING 

3 ALLEGED POLICE, PROSECUTORIAL, OR JU4 DICIAL MISCONDUCT, UNDER SECTION 210401 

5 THE VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW EN6 FORCEMENT ACT OF 1994. 

7 Section 210401 of the Violent Crime Control and 

8 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14141) is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(c) INCREASED CAPABILITY FOR CIVIL INVESTIGA11 TIONS AND LITIGATION REGARDING ALLEGED POLICE, 

12 PROSECUTORIAL, OR JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT.— 

13 ‘‘(1) OFFICE OF POLICE AGENCY INVESTIGA14 TIONS.—For the purpose of investigations and litiga15 tion under this section regarding alleged police, pros16 ecutorial, or judicial misconduct, the Attorney Gen17 eral shall create within the Special Litigation Sec18 tion of the Civil Rights Division of the Department 

19 of Justice an ‘Office of Police Agency Investiga20 tions’. 

21 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

22 For fiscal year 2016 and each of the succeeding 4 

23 fiscal years, there are authorized to be appropriated 

24 $25,000,000 for investigations and litigation under 

25 this section regarding alleged police, prosecutorial, 

26 or judicial misconduct.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. USE OF COPS FUNDS AND AVAILABILITY OF ADDI2 TIONAL FUNDS TO ADDRESS POLICE, PROS3 ECUTORIAL, AND JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT. 

4 (a) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 1701(b) of the Omni5 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

6 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (16), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

8 end; 

9 (2) by redesignating paragraph (17) as para10 graph (18); and 

11 (3) by inserting after paragraph (16) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(17) to comply with a judgment or a consent 

14 decree to which the recipient of the grant under this 

15 section is subject pursuant to an action brought by 

16 the Attorney General under section 210401 of the 

17 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 

18 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14141) regarding alleged police, 

19 prosecutorial, or judicial misconduct; and’’. 

20 (b) AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—Section 

21 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

22 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)), as amended by this Act, 

23 is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(l) AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO AD25 DRESS POLICE, PROSECUTORIAL, AND JUDICIAL MIS26 CONDUCT.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—A recipient of a grant 

2 under this section that is subject to a judgment or 

3 a consent decree pursuant to an action brought by 

4 the Attorney General under section 210401 of the 

5 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 

6 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14141) regarding alleged police, 

7 prosecutorial, or judicial misconduct may submit to 

8 the Attorney General an application to receive addi9 tional funds under this subsection at such time, and 

10 containing such information as the Attorney General 

11 may reasonably require. 

12 ‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Any amount received 

13 under this subsection shall be used to comply with 

14 such judgment or consent decree. 

15 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF FUNDS.—A grant of addi16 tional funds made under this subsection shall be in 

17 an amount that is equal to not more than 50 percent 

18 of the amount of the grant that the recipient other19 wise receives under this section. 

20 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

21 There is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 

22 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 to carry 

23 out this subsection.’’. 

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